Change your password!
TwitterSupport just tweeted that something bad has happened about passwords or encryption or something and even though they say it’s fixed, you never know what former superpower might have indentured bot people sneaking around trying to pilfer your data. (I know! I’m talking about the US.)
So, what happened?
According to Twitter’s home office: “When you set a password for your Twitter account, we use technology that masks it so no one at the company can see it. We recently identified a bug that stored passwords unmasked in an internal log. We have fixed the bug, and our investigation shows no indication of breach or misuse by anyone.
“Out of an abundance of caution, we ask that you consider changing your password on all services where you’ve used this password. You can change your Twitter password anytime by going to the password settings page.”
More details are available here. I tried to read it and it was just like, I don’t even have time to read my own writing anymore. Now I’m supposed to read this? Anyway, I’m not smart enough to retain this kind of information, but I do know you’re supposed to change your password on everything every so often, and now appears to be the time for Twitter.
Or you could just delete it. One day. One sweet day. I can almost taste it.
We recently found a bug that stored passwords unmasked in an internal log. We fixed the bug and have no indication of a breach or misuse by anyone. As a precaution, consider changing your password on all services where you’ve used this password. https://t.co/RyEDvQOTaZ
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) May 3, 2018
